Emotional Wellness

Therapy Guide: Borderline Personality

In almost a decade and half of practicing as a psychotherapist, the one diagnostic label that almost always elicits immediate and severe...

Made In Heaven: The Great Indian Family Circus

Spoiler Alert: Some spoilers included. You are notified! . . . The new season of Made in Heaven brings back our fashionable, intriguing...

Friendless Zone: On Friendship Breakups

A therapy client of mine recently spoke about how distancing from a friend after a particularly sordid fight felt a lot like a really...

Magnitude and Bond: Setting Boundaries

Spending an afternoon watching a cat both set and devastate firm boundaries set for it has probably been as informative for me as reading...

No to Negging

The dark screen suddenly flickers with a new message notification. R opens her Instagram inbox to find a slew of messages from a guy she...

Why are your workplace mental health plans failing

Image by Donald Giannatti So you have signed up with a well-advertised "mental health" service provider, sent out glossy emails with the...

Pausitivity : On Learning to Stop & Rest

My mother has perfected an evening ritual to follow her daily tutoring of students. She will chop up a veritable smorgasbord of greens...

The Love Bomber

Image description: A series of colorful heart-shaped locks with the words "I love you" inscribed on them are slung on a wire with...

The Grey Rock Method

(Image description: Grey rocks by an ocean or a seafront. A hazy sky in the distance) Most people who are reading this article right now...